How to Use southpaw in a Sentence

southpaw

noun
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  • The southpaw was great down the stretch for his new club.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 23 July 2019
  • Through the first six outs, the lanky southpaw punched out three.
    — NOLA.com, 23 May 2018
  • The southpaw was named AL Pitcher of the Month for that stretch.
    — Kevin Flaherty, Kansas City Star, 2 June 2024
  • The southpaw struck out the side in the second, fourth and fifth innings.
    — Rick O'Brien, Philly.com, 5 June 2018
  • The southpaw pitched three innings against the Mariners.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The southpaw also struck out eight to pick up the win in the circle.
    — Matt Goul, cleveland, 9 May 2022
  • The southpaw took his base and did not appear to be in pain.
    — Scott Orgera, OrlandoSentinel.com, 7 July 2018
  • The next four games Walsh didn’t start against a southpaw, the Angels won.
    — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2022
  • The southpaw struck out a pair of Tigers (39-89) in the first inning and was off and running.
    — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 25 Aug. 2019
  • But the British southpaw will have to maintain that for all 12 rounds.
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 8 May 2021
  • Teams have a two-day window to claim the southpaw off waivers.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Nov. 2019
  • The 28-year-old southpaw fights out of Stockholm and is of Aramean descent.
    — Brandon Folsom, Detroit Free Press, 2 Oct. 2017
  • The southpaw Davis is moving up two weight classes for the fight.
    — John Whisler, San Antonio Express-News, 22 June 2021
  • This time, the southpaw Stevenson came out firing lefts from the start.
    — Ap, USA TODAY, 3 June 2017
  • Put simply, there’s no reason to start him with a southpaw on the mound.
    — Michael Beller, SI.com, 19 Feb. 2018
  • The junior southpaw will now get a chance to throw the opening pitch of a regional.
    — James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 31 May 2021
  • Alvarado, a southpaw, took the mound for the Rays in the top of the ninth inning, only to walk Bryce Harper.
    — Jenna West, SI.com, 26 June 2018
  • Dicaire was only the second southpaw Shields had seen in the pros.
    — J.l. Kirven, Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar. 2021
  • And so the skinny southpaw was extended to the tune of $30 million per year . . .
    — Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2022
  • In 2012, Manny Parra, a former starter, was the lone southpaw for most of the season.
    — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 May 2018
  • If not, Randy Jones, the Padres’ greatest box office draw, will do at southpaw.
    — Nick Canepa, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 Apr. 2018
  • The southpaw is creative, is elusive and proves that great technique is the path to success.
    — Quint Kessenich, baltimoresun.com, 12 May 2017
  • Currently, Jake McGee is the only southpaw on the staff.
    — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 7 July 2019
  • At least four out of the past seven commanders in chief have been southpaws.
    — Michael Pearson, CNN, 13 Aug. 2019
  • Khashakyan started as the aggressor with one-two combos and pushed O’Malley back, but the southpaw threw a knee to the body that stunned Khashakyan.
    — Grant Gordon, Glendale News-Press, 18 July 2017
  • Lubin, a southpaw, was selected as the 2016 ESPN.com boxing prospect of the year.
    — Stephen Ruiz, OrlandoSentinel.com, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Crosby trotted out a southpaw who wasn’t much taller than four feet maybe in his bare feet.
    — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 30 June 2018
  • The big southpaw has given Manager Aaron Boone at least six frames in 6-of-his-last-8 starts.
    — Skip Snow, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 14 Sep. 2019
  • Snell no-hit the Braves for six innings and Sale lasted an inning longer than the Giants’ southpaw.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024
  • The southpaw isn’t known for his command, as walks were at times an issue in the minors, but none of his four pitches to leadoff batter Daz Cameron were anywhere close to the strike zone.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 6 July 2024

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